Topic: W.E.B. DuBois
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Philadelphia 'flash mobs': black mayor takes aim at black community
The crackdown on 'flash mobs' by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has put him in the center of a debate about how black leaders should respond to violence within their own community.
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Difference Maker She went to New Orleans to clean up after Hurricane Katrina – and stayed to start a charter school
After Hurricane Katrina, Channa Mae Cook cofounded Sojourner Truth, a charter school with an emphasis on community service and social justice issues, to help lift up New Orleans' embattled school system.
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Dorothy Height: civil rights activist and author
Dorothy Height chronicled her lifelong fight against racism and sexism in her 2003 memoir "Open Wide the Freedom Gates."
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It Is Well with My Soul
Ella Mae Johnson shares the wisdom garnered in more than a century of courageous and generous living.
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Lift Every Voice
On its 100th anniversary, a history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Obama calls for 'new mind-set' at NAACP's centennial
He emphasized the continuing need to close racial and ethnic disparities while also talking about personal responsibility.
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100 years on, the NAACP notes its accomplishments and challenges
The nation has elected a black man as president, but that hasn't erased deep-seated racism or economic inequalities.
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For blacks, a hidden cost of Obama's win?
His race may hamper his ability to respond to needs of African-Americans, some say.
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How Lincoln Learned to Read
Daniel Wolff examines the lives of 12 Americans and the educations that made them.
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